In the 12 months up to April 2024, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 31 VPS hosting plans in the $25/month to $40/month price range. We evaluated them on their CPU power, network, disk speed, web performance and stability.
This Best VPS 2024 rankings are updated approximately every other month. Check out the list of current and past rankings in all price ranges.
This is the 3rd revision of the Best VPS under $40 ranking in 2024. These are the older revisions:
1st
Price per month: 26.79€
Number of CPU cores: 6
Disk space: 320 GB
Memory: 16.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 02 2024
88
1st in Web Performance
3rd in Raw CPU Power
3rd in Performance Stability
2nd in Disk IO Performance
2nd in Network Performance
2nd
Price per month: $29.00
Number of CPU cores: 8
Disk space: 125 GB
Memory: 32.0 GB
Trial Data: Sep 15 2023
85
2nd in Web Performance
2nd in Raw CPU Power
7th in Performance Stability
1st in Disk IO Performance
5th in Network Performance
3rd
Price per month: $29.99
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 30 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Apr 19 2024
71
3rd in Web Performance
5th in Raw CPU Power
4th in Performance Stability
16th in Disk IO Performance
13th in Network Performance
Each horizontal bar section in the chart below represents a grade value: A: [16-20], F: [0-3]. The total bar length is the Score.
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Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
Virtual Server E16+ Tests started on Mar 02 2024 |
26.79€ ($28.93) | 88 | A | A | A | A | B |
2 |
NVMe 32GB Tests started on Sep 15 2023 |
$29.00 | 85 | A | A | B | A | B |
3 |
CPU Optimized 2-4-50 Tests started on Dec 17 2023 |
$40.00 | 71 | B | C | C | B | B |
4 |
st1.large 2023 Tests started on Mar 28 2024 |
$40.00 | 70 | B | B | A | D | B |
5 |
PRO200-HK Tests started on Jun 07 2023 |
$32.00 | 69 | B | B | D | A | C |
6 |
VPS Linux XL Tests started on Aug 19 2023 |
$28.00 | 68 | B | A | B | D | B |
7 |
c6s.xlarge Tests started on Mar 10 2024 |
$33.20 | 64 | B | C | B | C | C |
8 |
4GB 2 cores Tests started on Dec 05 2023 |
26.00€ ($28.08) | 61 | B | C | A | D | D |
9 |
PRO O4A8 Tests started on Mar 24 2024 |
31.20€ ($33.70) | 61 | C | C | B | E | B |
10 |
ROCK-6 Tests started on Feb 06 2024 |
£30.00 ($37.80) | 60 | C | C | D | B | C |
11 |
C3-4 Tests started on Feb 22 2024 |
30.60€ ($33.05) | 58 | B | C | C | B | D |
12 |
R108-TP Tests started on Jan 24 2024 |
$28.06 | 58 | C | D | C | B | E |
13 |
B3-8 Tests started on Apr 06 2024 |
33.48€ ($36.16) | 57 | B | C | D | B | D |
14 |
VPS Comfort Tests started on Jun 29 2023 |
23.50€ ($25.38) | 57 | C | C | D | C | C |
15 |
VPS O16A32 Tests started on Aug 08 2023 |
31.29€ ($33.79) | 57 | D | A | C | E | B |
16 |
8 cores 16GB Tests started on Feb 15 2024 |
$40.00 | 55 | D | C | C | C | D |
17 |
GP-16 NVMe Tests started on Nov 03 2023 |
32.99€ ($35.63) | 50 | D | B | F | B | D |
18 |
KVM 4 Tests started on Mar 01 2024 |
$29.99 | 48 | D | B | D | C | D |
19 |
Premium 1Gbps Tests started on Nov 08 2023 |
30.00€ ($32.40) | 45 | C | B | D | F | D |
20 |
Cloud VPS 4 Tests started on Jan 17 2024 |
29.00€ ($31.32) | 44 | C | C | C | F | D |
21 |
VPS.LG Tests started on Apr 05 2024 |
$27.00 | 32 | E | C | F | E | D |
22 |
8GB 4 cores Tests started on Jun 26 2023 |
28.00€ ($30.24) | 28 | E | C | F | F | E |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
NVMe Linux VPS 2 Tests started on Apr 19 2024 |
$29.99 | 71 | B | B | A | D | C |
2 |
PerformanceVPS C2 Tests started on Aug 13 2023 |
36.50€ ($39.42) | 51 | C | D | B | E | C |
3 |
m7g.medium Tests started on Jul 28 2023 |
$30.98 | 50 | C | E | A | F | C |
4 |
E5 2 threads 4GB Tests started on Nov 28 2023 |
$27.36 | 48 | B | C | B | F | D |
5 |
CO-4 Tests started on Aug 15 2023 |
$36.00 | 43 | D | D | B | D | E |
6 |
Dedicated 4GB Tests started on Dec 25 2023 |
$36.00 | 42 | E | E | E | C | B |
7 |
B2als v2 Tests started on Sep 06 2023 |
$27.44 | 41 | B | D | E | F | C |
8 |
BladeVPS X4 Tests started on Jan 12 2024 |
25.99€ ($28.07) | 25 | F | E | E | F | C |